15 Top nonfiction books like Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener by Gay Talese

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Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

By: Gay Talese

3.84

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Gay Talese revisits his pioneering career profiling the many “nobodies” who make New York so fascin…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener by Gay Talese , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. A sus plantas rendido un león

By: Osvaldo Soriano

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

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2. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By: Salman Rushdie

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more

Similar categories in Salman Rushdie's Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

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3. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

By: Annabelle Tometich

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Rows of orange people sit handcuffed in a beige room. One of them is my mother. When journalist … read more

Similar categories in Annabelle Tometich's The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Burma Sahib

By: Paul Theroux

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of  The Mosquito Coast  and  The Bad Angel Brothers  comes a riveting new… read more

Similar categories in Paul Theroux's Burma Sahib book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • audiobook
Cover of Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

5. Brooklyn Crime Novel

By: Jonathan Lethem

3.52

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing over fifty years of life in one B… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Lethem's Brooklyn Crime Novel book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • new york
  • audiobook
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6. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

Similar categories in Dwight Garner's The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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7. The Little Book of Aliens

By: Adam Frank

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more

Similar categories in Adam Frank's The Little Book of Aliens book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Wandering through Life: A Memoir

By: Donna Leon

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Theinternationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells herown adventurous life… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's Wandering through Life: A Memoir book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Larry McMurtry: A Life

By: Tracy Daugherty

4.25

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry fr… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Daugherty's Larry McMurtry: A Life book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food―Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes by Mark Kurlansky

11. The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food―Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes

By: Mark Kurlansky

3.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times- bestselling author of Cod and Salt , a delectable look at the cultural, hi… read more

Similar categories in Mark Kurlansky's The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food―Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism by Adam  Nagourney

12. The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism

By: Adam Nagourney

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The … read more

Similar categories in Adam Nagourney's The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

13. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
  • audiobook
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14. Ilium

By: Lea Carpenter

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap … read more

Similar categories in Lea Carpenter's Ilium book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • audiobook
Cover of The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press by Calvin Trillin

15. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press

By: Calvin Trillin

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more

Similar categories in Calvin Trillin's The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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16. The English Experience

By: Julie Schumacher

3.91

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor… read more

Similar categories in Julie Schumacher's The English Experience book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • audiobook
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17. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

By: Caleb Carr

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of  The Alienist,  Caleb  Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more

Similar categories in Caleb Carr's My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • new york
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener by Gay Talese

18. Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

By: Gay Talese

3.84

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Gay Talese revisits his pioneering career profiling the many “nobodies” who make New York so fascin… read more

Similar categories in Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • writing
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich

19. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

By: Michael Wolraich

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more

Similar categories in Michael Wolraich's The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • new york
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Una historia particular (Spanish Edition) by Manuel Vicent

20. Una historia particular (Spanish Edition)

By: Manuel Vicent

4.00

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Un relato autobiográfico que es también la historia del siglo XX a través de la mirada inteligente,… read more

Similar categories in Manuel Vicent's Una historia particular (Spanish Edition) book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

Cover of Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments by Joe Posnanski

21. Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author… read more

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments book and Gay Talese's Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

17 Top audiobook books like Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener by Gay Talese

Transform Your Habits

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

Annabelle Tometich

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Burma Sahib

Paul Theroux

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Brooklyn Crime Novel

Jonathan Lethem

3.52

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19 must-read audiobook books like My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

Colm Tóibín

3.82

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